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head noun Plural form without -s (used to enumerate herd animals). [DARE labels this usage “chiefly South, South Midland”]

1813 Hartsell Journal 108 In the Evning I went to the block house and counted Eighteen head of hoges that was kiled and brought to the house. 1863 Wilson Confederate Private 5 (Feb 15) she has some 35 hogs and 20 hed of cattle and one horse. 1939 Hall Coll (Emerts Cove TN) He'd keep as much as two hundred head of cattle there every summer. 1956 Hall Coll (Big Bend NC) I have five head of cattle. 1989 Matewan OHP-9 We'd sell a few head of cattle. That’s the way he got his money to pay his tax.